LAKE SunSystems Newsletter

June 2009

Welcome to the June edition of the newsletter for LAKE Customers. In this edition we focus on eDocuments which enables you to instantly email, fax, print and record all documents from SunSystems.

In addition to announcing publication of a new order story / case study, there is news of positive recognition for Proactis in the recent Gartner research on e-Procurement vendors.

There is an important Technical Update and if you like Crosswords and puzzles, have a go at 'Flavour' by Samuel.

LAKE Online Customer Events
If you would like to take a look at eDocuments, Proactis and other ways to streamline processes, CLICK HERE to book your place. Alternatively, please speak to your account manager.

Best regards

Adrian Howard
General Manager
0113 273 7788

NEW CASE STUDY

Commercial Finance Services Provider

Key Features

SunSystems Financials
SunSystems Vision

[Company Name] had comprehensively outgrown Sage. Sage Line 50 is not designed for an organisation with their level of sophistication or volume of transactions. Consequently, the Finance team were having to rely on work-arounds developed using Excel to meet their needs.

Systems Selection

'We looked at Sage Line 200 first of all but it did not tick all of the boxes. Invoice reconciliation was a particular concern...

.. As soon as we saw the flexibility in SunSystems we knew that we would be able to develop our own processes in a way we could never do in Sage...

.. The choice of SunSystems was a no-brainer. It represented best value and resulted in lower ongoing costs than the Sage solution...

.. LAKE stood out from the competition in the depth of their product knowledge. We thought that here was someone who knew what he was talking about. This helped develop a feeling of confidence in LAKE as a supplier.'

CLICK HERE to request a full copy of this case study.

PRODUCT FOCUS

Email and Fax Documents for SunSystems

eDocuments enables you to instantly email, fax, print and record all documents from SunSystems. This can include statements, invoices, remittances, delivery notes, purchase orders and many other types of document.

Using the eDocuments forms technology, users of SunSystems 4 or 5 can email or fax documents directly from within SunSystems or can print directly onto plain paper.

Reduce costs by delivering business documents via email or fax
Save money and wastage by using plain paper instead of pre-printed stationery
With a couple of clicks, process large batches of documents
Integrated with SunSystems to pick up email addresses and fax numbers from Supplier or Customer records
Place your company logo, branding, image, and design on all outgoing documents
Using 'Document Automation' allows you to set up instructions about how many copies you want printed, where to print, who to email and what form designs to use
Automatically keep a log of documents sent and an archive of copy documents as PDF files

LAKE Online Customer Events
Take a look at eDocuments, Proactis and other ways to streamline processes.

CLICK HERE to book your place. Alternatively, please speak to your account manager.

NEWS

Proactis 'Best in Class' recognition in Gartner report

In the recent Gartner report entitled Critical Capabilities for Best-of-Breed E-Procurement Vendors (June 8th 2009), Proactis received the 'Best in Class' rating for 'unified purchasing / e-procurement'. Proactis was also rated highly in the areas of innovation, customer support and customer satisfaction.

Want to know more? Drop us a line or call on us 0113 273 7788.

TECHNICAL UPDATE

Platform Update

Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Oracle 11g are all now certified with recent releases of SunSystems 4, SunSystems 5, Vision and Proactis.

Vision and MS Office 2007

The new version of Vision, known as Query & Analysis 10, is now certified with MS Office 2007

Next Steps

If you are planning an upgrade to any of these new products or would like to discuss doing to, please get in touch to agree an appropriate approach and timetable for your project.

CROSSWORD

'Flavour' by Samuel

You may know that one of the LAKE team has an alternative life as a creator of crosswords. His work is published in The Times, The Listener and elsewhere under the pseudonym Samuel. So to protect his identity I won't tell you his name... but you can have a go at one of Samuel's crosswords.

'Flavour' has a theme - the highlighted cells. Please click the link below to tell us what you believe the theme to be or to request the solution to the crossword.

CLICK HERE to download a printable version of this crossword.

CLICK HERE to submit an answer or request a solution.

SUNSYSTEMS & PROACTIS TRAINING

CLICK HERE for an introduction to the SunSystems and Proactis training services provided by LAKE.

CLICK HERE to view the latest schedule of public courses for SunSystems

CLICK HERE for Proactis training